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lastmod: "2021-09-12T22:47:44.0000000+01:00"
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author: patrick
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categories:
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- stumbled_across
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comments: true
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date: "2013-08-04T00:00:00Z"
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aliases:
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- /stumbled_across/stumbled-across-3/
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- /stumbled-across-4-august-2013/
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title: Stumbled across 4th August 2013
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* An ad developer has misgivings: <http://seriouspony.com/blog/2013/7/24/your-app-makes-me-fat>
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* Hint for dealing with some automated phone helplines - swear at them and they'll put you through to a human: <https://www.vice.com/en/article/z444dx/if-you-swear-at-apple-s-automated-customer-service-they-ll-put-you-through-to-a-human>
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* The future is coming: <http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/162678-harvard-creates-brain-to-brain-interface-allows-humans-to-control-other-animals-with-thoughts-alone>
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* A large collection of replacements for various PRISM-vulnerable services: <https://prism-break.org/>
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* Some people think in a really rather interesting way: <https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/02/smart_water.html>
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* The joys of a memoryless distribution: <http://io9.com/the-quantum-zeno-effect-actually-does-stop-the-world-977909459>
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* An impressive photograph: [largest photo cached]
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* A fair chunk of the "1910's predicted Year 2000 technologies" has been invented: <http://www.sadanduseless.com/2011/03/world-in-2000/>
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* A sweet video about Street View: <http://vimeo.com/32397612>
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* How to enable encryption in your emails using [GPG][GPG]: <http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/06/encrypted-e-mail-how-much-annoyance-will-you-tolerate-to-keep-the-nsa-away/>
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[GPG]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Privacy_Guard
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[largest photo cached]: https://web.archive.org/web/20130814173950/http://www.oddly-even.com/2013/07/31/the-largest-photo-ever-taken-of-tokyo-is-zoomable-and-it-is-glorious/
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